Downloadable PDF Form W-4P 2018-2019

You should claim exempt on your W4 when you meet both of the followingconditions 1. During the previous tax year you received a full refund of all federal income tax withheld i.e. you had no tax liability and 2. this year you expect a full refund of all federal income tax and expect to have no tax liability

I wrote about the independentcontractorvsemployee issue last year seehttpnctaxpro.wordpress.com20... Broadly speaking you are an employee when someone else AKA the employer has control over when and where you work and the processes by which youperform the work that you do for that individual. A DJ or bartender under somecircumstances I suppose might qualify as an independent contractor at arestaurant but the waitstaff bus help hosts kitchen aides etc. almostcertainly would not. Theres always risk in confronting an employer when faced with a situationlike yours my experience is that most employers know full well that they areviolating the law when they treat employees as independent contractors andfor that reason they dont tolerate questions about that policy very well soyou definitely should tread cautiously if you want to keep this position.Nonetheless I think you owe it to yourself to ask whether or not therestaurant intends to withhold federal taxes from your checks if for noother reason than you dont want to get caught short when it comes to filingyour own return even if you dont intend to challenge the policy.

The short answer is yes. By withholding more than you expect to owe you aregiving the government a 0 interest loan until they send you a refund check atthe end of the year. While that is kind of you or patriotic depending on yourperspective it’s probably not the best policy for you and your family. Thatsaid you don’t want to overdo it and set yourself up for a big tax bill oreven a penalty payment at the end of the year. You’re not alone in overpaying during 2009 the IRS issued refunds to morethan 100 million Americans. That means three out of four returns filed for2008 were owed money back. Together the government sent around 260 billion totaxpayers with the average refund around 2700. So your instinct is right.You want to use the Form W4 to adjust your withholding at work to moreclosely match what youll owe the government. It can make a big difference overtime too. If you take that 10000 per yearand invest it monthly at 8 you’d wind up with about 490 thousand dollarsafter 20 years. On the other hand if you take it all at the end of each yearas you would by waiting for a refund you’d wind up with about 33000 dollarsless. Even if you don’t “invest” it but keep a higher credit card balance thanyou might otherwise the effect is the same lot’s of money leaking out ofyour pocket. If you use HR Block At Home or TurboTax the software will walk you throughthe process of estimating your witholdings. Or you can work through it withthe IRS calculator at httpwww.irs.govindividualsa...

The main thing you need to put on your W4 besides your name address andsocial security number is whether you are married or single and the number ofexemptions you wish to take to lower the amount of money with held for taxesfrom your paycheck. The number of exemptions refers to how many people yousupport i. e. children. Say you are single and have 3 children you can putdown 4 exemptions 1 for your self and 1 for each child. This means you willhave more pay to take home because you aren’t having it with held from yourpaycheck. If you are single and have no children you can either take 1 or 0exemptions. If you make decent money take 0 deductions if you are barelymaking it you could probably take 1 exemption. Just realize that if you takeexemptions and not enough money is taken out of your check to pay your taxesyou will be liable for it come April 15th.If you are married and have no children and you make decent money take 0deductions. If you have children only one spouse should take them asexemptions and it should be the one who makes the most money. For example sayyour spouse is the major bread winner and you have 2 children your spousecould take 4 exemptions one for each member of the family and then you wouldtake 0 exemptions.Usually it’s best to err on the side of caution and take the smaller amountof deductions so that you won’t owe a lot of money come tax time. If you’vehad too much with held it will come back to you as a refund.

Very odd Unless they offered you the job there is no reason for this andmore so they now have more personal information on you than they need maritalstatus etc. They also have your SSN. Are you confident the company was realand this wasnt a scam to get your personal info

Apparently because the United States has managed to dumb down its citizenry tothe point where they no longer understand the difference between “taxes theypaid” and the “refund they get.”Let me give you an exampleA. Person makes 35000 per year.The government takes 100 per week out of their paycheck or 5200 over thecourse of the year. At the end of the year the person overpaid taxes by 500so they get that 500 back.B. Person makes 35000 per year.The government takes 80 per week out of their paycheck or 4160 over thecourse of the year. At the end of the year the person overpaid taxes by 160so they get that 160 back.Some people appear to prefer “A” over “B.”As I say people have been dumbed down to the point where they no longercomprehend.

The federal W4 form is filled out when you first become an employee and youremployer plans to begin withholding your federal income taxes from yourpaychecks. The form is where you claim exemptions from those withholdingsthat tell your employer to withhold less than the standard amount every payperiod. The more exemptions you claim the less money your employer willwithhold from your paychecks and send to the feds on your behalf. The upsideof that is that your paychecks are bigger. The other way to go with a W4 formis to claim no exemptions and then the largest amount allowed is withheld fromyour pay and sent to the feds. Often times this works out to a refund ofoverpaid taxes at the end of the tax year April 15th so this is a popularoption for some. If you need to put food on the plates of your family of sixthough its usual more popular to have bigger paychecks than a hefty taxreturn. W4 forms must be filled out before starting your first day at a newjob and can be updated to change your number of exemptions claimed at anytime. Now the federal W2 is a document also called an information return thatoutlines for an employee what their employer paid them in wages over theprevious year Jan 1Dec 31. It also provides the amounts of taxes sent onthe employees behalf to the feds and to their state if they live in a statethat collects income taxes. Other financials of interest can also be itemizedon a W2 such as contributions made to a retirement plan or stipends receivedfor transportationcommuting. The W2 is issued by employers and should bemailedprovided to their employees no later than Feb 1 following the earningsyear indicated. Employees then use their W2 form to fill out their annualIncome Tax Returns for both their states and the feds. If you havent gottenyour W2 from your employer by midFebruary get in touch with them and seewhat the holdup is. Theyll fix it I promise.